MEN IN WHITE COATS WANTED

 

Sunday XI v West Blatchington, 5th September

 

 

Player

Situation

Positives

Negatives

Skeletor  

Match

 

 

Pub

Took a blinding one-handed catch in the covers

 

Tenacious in his pursuit of the truth about Stavros and the white coat – see Papa Barker

Slashed away from ball one, soon gave his wicket away by lobbing one up into the covers; refused to ump as he was ‘reading my book’; sulked about the field most of the afternoon

Left his pants and his book in the pavilion - FOOL

Van Brad

Match

 

Pub

Won the toss on a blinding hot day – batted

None

Argued about his LBW decision; Argued with oppo bowler; argued with the oppo captain

Continued to argue he had hit the ball onto his pads

Papa Barker

Match

 

Pub

Rolled back the years with a sublime 100; two catches with the gloves

Bought two jugs

None

 

Accused Stavros of lurking on the boundary in a white coat – very strange

Hibbe Jr

Match

 

Pub

Excellent spell of sweeper fielding

 

None

Couldn’t fathom their left arm spinner – even though he was a complete twat

Confessed that his lack of availability over the last few weeks was because his Mum hadn’t washed his kit

Pike

Match

 

Pub

None

 

None

Bowled round his legs a la Mike Gatting for a duck; worst bowling ever – 70 for 0 off  9

Went home in a sulk

Radioactive Man

Match

 

 

Pub

Blatted 10 useful runs with his  trademark legside spank; field went from 7-2 to 3-6 within 1 over

Copied up scorebook

Foolishly gave his skipper out LBW;  worst bowling ever – 35 for 0 off  5 including a 10-ball last over

 

Punished for above by being forced to copy up scorebook

Zim

Match

 

 

Pub

27 very handy runs at #7; best bowler by a distance and also took a blinding slip catch

None

None

 

 

Unable to shed any light on  white coat affair

Gazza

Match

 

Pub

Took a catch at gully; carried his bat for one run

None

None

 

Unable to shed any light on  white coat affair

Night Fever

Match

 

Pub

Somehow managed 2 wickets

 

None

Bowled all over the place; one of two wicket thanks to a smart legside catch by Papa Barker off a legside longhop

Continued the lambasting of Mrs Hibbe by lecturing everyone on how bad her cooking was – domestic arrangements with the Hibberds clearly under strain; compounded white coat affair by accusing Stavros of being variously a toilet attendant, a butcher and an ice-cream van salesman

McStavros

Match

 

Pub

None

 

None

Dropped two catches;  worst bowling ever – 16 for 0 off one10-ball over

See all above – completely unable to explain his obsession with white coats

Ricardo Webster

Match

Pub

Fielded well

Bought Cliff a beer; kept quiet

None

None